Poultry-brooder.



Patented Jan. 4, 1916.

WITNESSES.

A TTOR/VE V COLUMBIA PLANDDRAPH c0.. WASHINGTON, D. c.

LUCIAN R. CAKES, 0F TIPTON, INDIANA;

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POULTIRYY-BROODER.

To all whom it may concern: I

Be it known that I, LUCIAN R. OAKES, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of Tipton, county of Tipton, and State of Indiana, haveinvented a certain new and useful Poultry-Brooder; and I do herebydeclare that the following is a full, clear, and exact descriptionthereof, referen ce be-v ing had to the accompanying drawings, in whichlike letters refer to like parts.

The object of this invention is to provide a brooder with a moresuitable means for distributing heat than has been used here-' tofore.This is accomplished by means of a metal radiationdisk supported above ahover, and heating chamber which extends into said hover, containing alamp or other suitable means of supplying heat.

The heating chamber incloses an air passage adapted to compel the air topass through the lamp or heating means and come into direct contact withthe bottom of the radiation disk, and thereby convey the heat byconduction through the metal disk to radiate directly over the hover.

Another feature of the invention consists of an expandible wall aroundthe hover for confining the chicks, thereby protecting them from ratsand the like when it is closed and for giving them more freedom when itis expanded.

The full nature of the invention will be understood from theaccompanying drawings and the following description and claims:

in the drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical section through the middle ofthe hover. Fig. 2 is a section on line 22, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a plan viewlooking down on the hover, showing expandible wall closed. Fig. 4, sameas Fig. 3 showing expandible wall open. Fig. 5 is an enlarged view of asection of the expandible wall and joint therein.

The brooder is composed of a radiation disk 15 resting on two legs 11,of which only one is shown herein and upon a heating chamber 12 in whicha lamp or other suitable heating means is placed, and a screen wall .13surrounding said brooder. Above the radiation disk there is an invertedpan or drum 10 resting thereon which has a plurality of perforated disks18 and 19 for the purpose of forming dead air spaces to lessen theescape of heat. The

Specification of Letters Patent.

top of'the pan or drum is composed of a sealedlaii' chamber 17 forinsulating purposes and attachedto this are two handles 22 by which the7 carried about. out of the dead air, chambers in the drum heatingchamber and theair passage 16,

which is an opening in the radiation disk "from the heating chamber tothe drum.

. ber which has a transparent portion 24 and a screen portion 25. Saidscreen portion is connected directly with a boX like air con duit 26having a handle 27 for removing 1t. There is a lamp 28. inclosedin saidheating chamber and resting within said conduit 26. Said lamp isentirely surrounded by said conduit 26 and a plate 29 attached to thewall of said chamber by which means the air drawn through said chamberis compelled to pass through the screen 25 and conduit 26 through thelamp chimney 128 and the hot air thereby is thrown into direct contactwith the radiation disk immediately above said chimney.

The radiation disk being of metal the heat from the chimney is conveyedby conduction throughout the entire disk, the larger portion of whichextends directlyover the hover, and is then radiated downward thusapplying warmth thereto. The construction above the radiation disk actssimply as a packing to retard the loss of heat from the Patented Jan. a,1916. Application filed. January 16, 1915. Serial No. 2,629. i 1 I ibrooder may be lifted and There is" a flue' .21 opening which make avdraft "through the'lamp and V upper side-of said disk. Attached to theduring the night time so as to completely inelose the hover and protectthe chicks from rats and the like, but in the day time or when desiredthey may be opened and an additional portion 33 interposed between themso as to enlarge the area inclosed and allow more space for the chicksto run.

The invention is:

1. A brooder, including a hover, a heating chamber extending in saidhover, means for heating said chamber, and a radiating plate extendingdirectly over both hover and heating chamber, having a passagewaycommunicating with said heating chamber to one side of said heatingmeans, said passageway having suitable communication with a- Verticalflue above it, to induce a Copies of this patent may be obtained fordraft through said heating chamber and heating means.

2. A brooder, including a hover, a heating chamber extending in saidhover, two semicircular movable Kvalls surrounding said hover and hingedto said heating chamber, and a member insertible between said walls forenlarging the area contained therein when said walls are parted.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto affiXed my signature in the presenceof the witnesses herein named.

JOHN P. KEMP, CHARLES KEMP.

Washington,']). 0.

